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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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